How common is the surname Schomaker?

765 people in the United States had the surname Schomaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 403,589 Americans. It ranked 30,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schomaker?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schomaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schomaker getting more or less common?

Less common. 769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 765 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Schomaker

A German surname, carried by 765 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schomaker is more common than 81.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Schomaker (northern variant of Schumacher, Schuhmacher), from Low German Schomaker (“shoemaker, cobbler”), equivalent to Schoh + maken + -er (English shoe + maker).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 765 people named Schomaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 403,589 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 769.

#30,509

rank among US surnames

765

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #29,040)

Who is named Schomaker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

98% of people named Schomaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schomaker

Schomaker has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schomaker come from?: From German Schomaker (northern variant of Schumacher, Schuhmacher), from Low German Schomaker (“shoemaker, cobbler”), equivalent to Schoh + maken + -er (English shoe + maker).
How common is the surname Schomaker?: 765 people in the United States had the surname Schomaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 403,589 Americans. It ranked 30,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schomaker?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schomaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schomaker getting more or less common?: Less common. 769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 765 in 2010, down 0.5%.